File-box.



No. 790,578. PATENTED MAY 23, 1905.-.

J. G. KIRBY.

FILE BOX. AHLIOATION FILED D120. 29, 1904.

I l/Vang J /1 0. Kirby 1 atbonwmp UNITED. STATES Patented May as, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FILE-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,578, dated May 23, 1905.

Application filed December 29, 1904:. $erial No. 238,811.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN (J. KIRBY, a subject of theKing of Great Britain, and a resident of New Brighton, county of Richmond, State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in File-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in attachments for fileboxes; and the particular object of my invention is to provide a file-box with an attachment by means of which the papers in the file maybe held open at any desired point either for reference or to assist in returning a paper extracted to its original place.

In the drawings accompanying this application and in the following description I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention as applied to a-file-box of drawer form of the kind which is commonly called a loose-sheet-filihg drawer. Idesire to have it understood, however, that my invention, as shown in connection with this form of filingbox, is merely for the purpose of illustrating my invention and that I am not to be limited toits use in such connection.

Referring to the drawings, wherein the same part is designated by the same referencenumeral wherever it occurs, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a loose-sheet-filing drawer provided with my invention and showing the invention as holding part of the papers filed in a raised position. view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of a loose-sheet drawer with my invention applied thereto, showing the marker in its normal position when not in use.

1 designates a filing-box of any desired form, and, as shown, this box is a loose-sheetfiling drawer having an open end and provided with the sides 2.

3 designates an ordinary clip for holding the papers securely in the box. The box and this clip form no part ofmy invention and may be varied or changed as maybe found desirable.

4 4 designate the said arms, and 5 the crossstrip of a bail. Preferably this bail is formed of a single piece and is cut and bent as shown in the drawings.

Fig. 2 is a sectional 6 6 are projections which extend out in line with the cross-strips 5, beyond the sides 4 4, to form stops. The sides 4 of the bail are pivoted at 7 7 to the sides 2 of the box, the pivot 7 7 being preferably located such a distance back from the open end of the drawer that the cross-strip 5 will when the bail is in the position shown in Fig. 3 stand just*beyond the end of the bottom of the drawer and in the same plane therewith, consequently not interfering with the free access to the papers in the drawer. When it is desired to hold the papers in the drawer open at a certain place, it is only necessary to raise up the papers to this place and swing the, bail from its normal position (shown in Fig. 3) to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The stop 6 when the bail is swung to the latter position will rest against the top of the sides of the drawer and all the papers above the crossstrip will be held up, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When the device is in its normal position, the stops 6 are no obstruction, as they extend beyond the ends of the sides 2, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3.

While I have shown and described what I believe to be the preferred form of my invention, I desire to have it understood thatI am not to be limited to this construction, as many changes and modifications may be made in the form, construction,and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. The combination with a file-box provided with an open end, of a bail composed of two sides connected by a cross-strip,the sides of the bail being pivoted to the sides of the box and of such alength that when the bail is in normal position, its cross-strip will extend across the end of the bottom of the box with its upper edge flush with the bottom.

2. The combination with a file-box provided with an open end, of a bail composed of two sides connected by a cross-strip, the crossstrip being in a different plane from the plane of the sides of the bail, the sides of the bail being pivoted to the sides of the box and of such a length that when the bail is in normal I position, its cross-strip extends across the end of the bottom of the box with the upper edge flush with the bottom.

3. The combination with afile-box, of a bail composed of two sides connected by a crossstrip, the cross-strip being in a different plane from the sides, the sides of the bail being pivoted to the sides of the box, so that when the bail is in normal position, the upper edge of the cross-strip will be in the plane of the bottom of the box.

4. The combination with a file-box, of a bail pivoted to the box, and extensions on the bail strip, said bail being composed of a single piece of material bent into shape, with the crossstrip in a different plane from the plane of the sides said parts being so positioned that said cross-strip will lie in the plane of the bottom of'the box when the bail is in normal position.

7. The combination with a file-box, of a bail composed of a single piece of material bent into shape and provided with integral extensions, said bail being pivoted to the box and said extensions being adapted to engage the sides of the box when the bail is in its operative position.

Signed by me at New York city, county and State of New York, this 28th day of December, 1904.

JOHN (J. Kl RBY.

Witnesses:

EMMA W. FINLAYsoN, VVENDELL P. BARKER. 

